On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 08:24:07PM -0600, home user via users wrote: > (f29; gnome; Firefox 68.0; all patched late this morning) > > While trying to sign on to a financial institution's web site, when > I start to enter the password, the cpu suddenly gets extremely busy > and stays that way. I had to hit the power button. Upon booting up > again, I launched ksysguard, and then re-tried the login. Again I > saw the cpu essentially max out. I had to hit the power button. > Upon booting up, I launched "top" in a terminal, and then retried > the login. Again the cpu essentially maxed out. "top" showed that > gnome was the cpu hog. > > I again hit the power button and booted up. This time I logged in > to a plasma session. I was able to log in and do what I had to do > with no problems. > > This one is really strange. How do I determine what the problem is? > This problem did not occur before today's "dnf upgrade". The last > patching before today was last Thursday. > > thanks, > Bill. well, firstly, it's bad practice to do a dirty shutdown of a running system. If you've got top running, you can kill processes from within the top UI. in top, hit "h" for help. note that "k" will kill processes. Perhaps you can see which gnome component it is that's hogging RAM then report that to the appropriate authorities. Also, sometimes when some process hogs all the memory, it is transient and if you can be patient it may calm down so you don't have to take drastic action. further, it is possible to enable additional columns in top to help figure out where the memory is going. One can also try CTRL-ALT-F2 or CTRL-ALT-F3 or similar to get a non-GUI terminal. those don't use nearly as much system resources as a terminal window. from there top and other commands may respond better even in the presence of a runaway process. Good luck! > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) ----------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
